Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-27
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girl.
Schilling. the coachman son-ln-law
OF Morosini. the banker, has enlisted as
United States marine.
Lady Colin Campbell gave Sir
Charles Russell 5000 as retainer and
$3.50 per day during the trial
The Copp Blizzard. the Casselton
Blizzard and the Elk Point Bli@Sard
are three Dakota publications.
The Car of Russia is said to be
drunk nearly all the time. aud in con-
dition bordering on delirium tremcns.
Near Toronto is being constructed the
first steel steamer ever built in Canada.
The engines. however. are being made
in Scotland.
Tie new chamber of commerce build
ing in Cincinnati, o., will be erected by
contractors from Worcester, Mass. and
cost about 100000.
In Mandan. ID. T.. movement is on
foot to secure reduction in the price Of
beer to cents glass. as an induce
ment to German immigrants.
A farmer of New Hope. Cal, who
planted 900 acres in potatoes. has had
such an abundant crop that he cal
culates that it will yield him $4,000.
A man took car load of horses from
Miles City, NJ. T., TO the East, and,
failing to sell them, took them back
again to the place from which he
started.
AT Fort Shaw. NJ T., the cattlemen
are subscribing to the proposition TO im-
port several packs of fine dogs to DO
utilized in destroying wolves, coyotes.
etc, on the range.
The Tuscarora (Nev.) Times says:
The new rule to follow now in buying
stocks is to buy 'em when they are low
and sell when they are high, and watch
your broker with shotgun.
The stretch of desert lying between
Palisade and Wells is noted as being by
far the coolest region in Nevada. Their
mometers frequently marking temper
allure of so degrees below zero.
Francis Murphy finds such an extern
sivc field for his temperance labor in
Cincinnati that he has decided to re-
main there for an indefinite period, and
has cancelled other engagements.
Mr.. j. A. Bostwick, OF New York,
wakes the forests of North Carolina by
donation of $4,000 to Wake Forest
College, a Baptist institution, to which
he had previously given $4,000.
The North Star Toboggan Club of
Grand Forks. Oak. claim to have the
longest artificial slide in the world.
The trestle is 900 feet long. with fall
of twenty feet in 100 for ethc first 800
feet.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher noticed
that ice is luxury in England that
walters are confused by n request for
water, and that an American is known
in Great Britain By his calling for water
and for ice.
Lord Tennyson's new volume sells
more freely than anything he ever pub
lished. The condemnation OF the critics
is outwcighed by the voice of fashion,
and Lord Tennyson is rs much the
fashion now as ever.
An onyx quarry ut New Linsin. Cal,
yielded one hundred tons olast month,
which were shipped to New York city
recently TO be made into mantels. bureau
tops, ETC.. while some of it will be
worked into jewelry.
Before sailing for home General
Booth, of the Salvation Army, claimed
that during his stay in this country he
had put IN 696 hours on the cars, had
spoken to 10000 American sinners at
l29 meetings. and had saved $500 souls.
The Chinese Minister recently called
on the President with his jade ring. q
charm against evil influences, on his
hand. Honors were nearly even, how
ever. as the President at that moment
had horse-chestnut in his pocket.
BY the annual report of the Boston
FIRE department, recently issued, it APP
pears that there are in that city As, 1877
dwelling-hpuses 81 hotels. 2.988 stores,
and 5,057 other buildings, valued for
taxable purposes at 1862. &c., 600.
During tho past year $13, 284, 986 was
expended for educational purposes III
the state of New York. OF this amount
80, 102, 26S was for teachers wages
There are 31,32j school-teachers and
1,735,0 73 school-children in the state.
Mrs. George Sage. of Harlan. Ia. is
reported to have travelled 1900 miles
in pursuit of her husband, who last fall
ran off with the hired girl. She doesn't
care particularly for the man. but she
has nothing else TO do and is fond of
travel.
The most prominently picturesque
old building in Albany, n. Y, is TO sue
cumb 10 the march IF modern improve
menis. The Stats House, southeast
corner Of State and Pearl. with its date,
1867" is to rive way 10 fine banking
house.
Senator Sherman and Gen. Shrrman
are said 10 exchange letters almost
daily when out of one another's society.
"Cump" is what John always calls the
soldier. and Now. John" is the style
that the General uses in accosting the
Senator.
a Spaniard named OlvaS appeared
at ranch near Santa Paula. Cal, the
other day with sixty-eight gunshot
wounds in his BODY. The only explana-
tion that he would give was that he had
been having some fun. II is believed
that he will recover.
Don Cameron and NJ. c. Butler are
the two most intimate friends in the
Senate, though they are exact opposites.
Butler is frank, cordial. easy of APP
proach. full OF unobtrnsive dignity.
kindly but never overfamliar Gamer
on is cold, reserved. non-cxpansive,
with brusque manner which makes
many enemies.
The foster daughter-in-law of An
drew Jackson, who did the honors of
the White House during his presidential
term, is still living at the Hermitage.
She is 81 years old. and is failing men,
tally as well as physically. She lately
said 10 a friend: You know, honey.
| am 127 years old, and am growing
very feeble"
Mrs. Pulitzer. wife OF the proprietor
of the World. is now spoken of as one
of the handsome women of New York.
She was Miss Davis of Georgetown,
ID. C., and is distantly related to JEFF
Davis. She is of generous disposi-
ton, and last Christmas gavc $1,000
worth of clothing to the poor in the
vicinity of her home.
The Frontier Of Nogales. Arizona,
says that it has private information
that the German consul at the City of
Mexico has purchased from the Mexican
government all the vacant government
land in the state OF Sonora. from the
United States line TO the Gulf of Cali
fornia, and will settle thereon German
miners and auric,1ltu,iSts